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pneumatically

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pneu·mat·ic  (n-mtk, ny-) also pneu·mat·i·cal (--kl)
adj.
1. Of or relating to air or other gases.
2. Of or relating to pneumatics.
3.
a. Run by or using compressed air: a pneumatic drill.
b. Filled with air, especially compressed air: a pneumatic tire.
4. Zoology Having cavities filled with air, as the bones of certain birds.
5. Of or relating to the pneuma; spiritual.
[French pneumatique, from Latin pneumaticus, from Greek pneumatikos, from pneuma, pneumat-, wind; see pneu- in Indo-European roots.]
pneu·mati·cal·ly adv.
pneuma·tici·ty (nm-ts-t, ny-) n.
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Adv.1.pneumatically - in a pneumatic manner; "at the present time the transmission is very often done hydraulically or pneumatically"
Translations
pneumatically
adv → mit or durch Druck- or Pressluft; a pneumatically operated drill → ein pressluftbetriebener Bohrer
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